The Caps and Blue Jackets played on Tuesday in Columbus. In a weird scheduling quirk, they are playing again 72 hours later in DC with neither team having played in between. Bring your ponchos because we’re on the back nine of a week of Torts hockey.

Not to be confused with Torts hockey is the return of Trotz hockey. That is, Capitals head coach Barry Trotz has removed young and talented but underachieving Andre Burakovsky from the lineup in favor of an inferior hockey player named Alex Chiasson.

The game starts at 7 PM on NBCSW. Outstanding human being Peter will have your recap.

Rangers Rebuild

The New York Rangers released a statement yesterday explaining to their fans that they’ve decided to enter something of a rebuild phase. It’s interesting and refreshing to see a team just three points out of a playoff spot acknowledge that the best course of action is to punt on this season in hopes of better seasons ahead.